Listen to the story of the painter Rodin and his passion for Egypt told by the historian Virginie Girod, in an unpublished story in two episodes, in partnership with the Rodin Museum on the occasion of the exhibition "Dream of Egypt ". In 1897, Auguste Rodin completed his Balzac, a plaster statue commissioned by Emile Zola and inspired by monumental Egyptian sculpture. And like other works before it, this one will provoke an avalanche of criticism. In this episode of the podcast "At the heart of history" produced by Europe 1 Studio, Virginie Girod goes back to the beginning of the artist's story, who joined the National School of Decorative Arts at the age of 14 but who sees the doors of the temple of academicism closing in front of him.

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Listen to the story of the painter Rodin and his passion for Egypt told by the historian Virginie Girod, in an unpublished story in two episodes, in partnership with the Rodin Museum on the occasion of the exhibition "Rêve d' Egypt" . In 1897, Auguste Rodin completed his Balzac, a plaster statue commissioned by Emile Zola and inspired by monumental Egyptian sculpture. And like other works before it, this one will provoke an avalanche of criticism. In this episode of the podcast "At the heart of History" produced by Europe 1 Studio, Virginie Girod dates back to the beginning of the artist's history, who joined the National School of Decorative Arts at the age of 14 but saw the doors of the temple of academism close in front of him.>> In partnership with the Rodin Museum, at the occasion of the exhibition "Dream of Egypt" "At the heart of history" is a Europe 1 Studio podcast.Writing and presentation: Virginie Girod - Production: Adèle Humbert - Artistic direction: Adèle Humbert and Julien Tharaud - Production: Clément Ibrahim - Original music: Julien Tharaud - Additional music: Julien Tharaud and Sébastien Guidis - Communication: Kelly Decroix - Distribution and writing: Eloise Bertil - Visual: Sidonie Mangin